College of New Jersey, BA
John Marshall Law School, JD
Georgetown University Law Center, LLM (Taxation)
George Washington University Law School, LLM (Friedman Fellow)

Biography

Professor Lainez Flanagan teaches Contracts and directs the UDC-DCSL Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC), which she founded in 2006. She previously directed the Intellectual Property and Transactional Law Clinic at the University of Richmond and served as a Friedman Fellow and Visiting Associate Professor of Clinical Law at The George Washington University Law School, co-teaching in the Small Business and Community Economic Development Clinic. Her practice background includes tax, intellectual property, nonprofit, and legal services work, representing small businesses, social enterprises, and start-ups, as well as immigrant and low wage workers.

Presenter, Value Creation By Business Lawyers in the 21st Century, Transactional Law and Skills Section, AALS Annual Meeting, New York City, January 4, 2014.

Community Service - presentations in the community

Since 2003, Prof. Lainez Flanagan has engaged in a variety of community service presentations, ranging from interviews on live call-in local cable programs to educational community presentations on tax, small business, and intellectual property law.

Presenter, Bank of America, Small Business Leadership Series, Co-sponsored by Merrill Lynch and the DC Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD), Washington DC, June 1, 2012.

Presenter, Tax Issues for Small Business Owners, Latino Economic Development Corporation (LEDC), Washington, DC, March 28 & April 4, 2012.

Community Service - pro bono cases

As a pro bono attorney at the George Washington University Law School, she successfully represented clients in political asylum claims and cancellation of removal proceedings. She also previously served as a pro bono volunteer in Chicago, Memphis and Washington DC, primarily handling tax issues.

Awards and Honors

Nominee, 2014-2015 Professor of the Year Award, UDC David A. Clarke School of Law, Washington DC, April 15, 2015.

Outstanding Leadership, Public Action Law Society, Presentation Luncheon, University of Memphis, Memphis TN, April 27, 2009.

Outstanding Faculty, National Black Law Students Association, Hon. William C. Pryor Chapter, Presentation ceremony, UDC David A. Clarke School of Law, Washington DC, April 10, 2007.